Petropavl
| Petropavl Петропавл Петропавловск |
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 Petropavl
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| Coordinates: 54°53′0″N 69°10′0″E / 54.88333°N 69.16667°E | ||
| Country | Kazakhstan | |
| Province | North Kazakhstan Province | |
| Founded | 1752 | |
| Government | ||
| • Akim (mayor) | Nurzhan Ashimbetov | |
| Population (2009) | ||
| • Total | 201,446 | |
| Time zone | BTT (UTC+6) | |
| Postal code | 150001 - 150013 | |
| Area code(s) | +7 7152 | |
| Website | http://www.sko.kz | |
Petropavl (Kazakh: Петропавл/Petropavl), also known as Petropavlovsk (Russian: Петропавловск, Petropavlovsk, not to be confused with Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky), is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia, about 261 km west of Omsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Province.[1] Population: 201,446 (2009 Census results);[2] 203,523 (1999 Census results).[2]
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History [edit]
Petropavl was founded in 1752 as a Russian fort extending Russian settlement and influence into the nomadic Kazakh territories to the south. The fort got its name after two Christian saints, apostles Peter and Paul. It was granted the status of city in 1807. Petropavl was an important trading center for silk and carpets until the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Climate [edit]
Petropavl has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) with cold, dry winters and warm, wetter summers.
| Climate data for Petropavl | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
31.1 (88) |
37.2 (99) |
40.3 (104.5) |
40.5 (104.9) |
38.6 (101.5) |
33.6 (92.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
7.2 (45) |
40.5 (104.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
6.6 (43.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.6 (0.3) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−10.0 (14) |
2.8 (37) |
12.0 (53.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
2.2 (36) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
1.2 (34.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −22.1 (−7.8) |
−21.3 (−6.3) |
−15.0 (5) |
−2.2 (28) |
5.4 (41.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
5.3 (41.5) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−19.3 (−2.7) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −48.0 (−54.4) |
−42.5 (−44.5) |
−36.8 (−34.2) |
−26.4 (−15.5) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−37.5 (−35.5) |
−45.0 (−49) |
−48.0 (−54.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 18.1 (0.713) |
13.8 (0.543) |
13.5 (0.531) |
18.1 (0.713) |
30.2 (1.189) |
43.5 (1.713) |
60.4 (2.378) |
51.0 (2.008) |
28.9 (1.138) |
29.8 (1.173) |
24.6 (0.969) |
21.0 (0.827) |
352.9 (13.894) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 17.2 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 16.4 | 18.6 | 152.8 |
| Avg. snowy days | 19 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 102 |
| % humidity | 80.0 | 78.6 | 78.8 | 67.1 | 57.3 | 64.9 | 69.3 | 70.0 | 70.2 | 75.8 | 84.3 | 81.3 | 73.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 77.5 | 130.0 | 189.1 | 234.0 | 288.3 | 309.0 | 306.9 | 244.9 | 183.0 | 108.5 | 75.0 | 62.0 | 2,208.2 |
| Source #1: Weatherbase[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Hong Kong Observatory[4] | |||||||||||||
Education [edit]
Petropavl is the location of North Kazakhstan State University, named for M. Kozybaev, established in 1937 as Petropavlovsk Teachers Training Institute.[5]
Sports [edit]
The city's bandy team in the Spartakiade 2009 on home ice was victorious.[6] Cyclist Alexander Vinokourov is a native of the city.[citation needed]
Sister cities [edit]
Petropavl is twinned with:
Footnotes [edit]
- ^ Город Петропавловск
- ^ a b "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan". Weatherbase. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
- ^ "Climatological Information for Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan". Hong Kong Observatory. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
- ^ "The History of NKSU," North Kazakhstan State University, www.nkzu.kz/ —In English.
- ^ http://akghaik.ucoz.ru/photo/9-3-0-0-2
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